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76 matches: 25 Music | 3 Annual | 1 Theatre | 2 Gastronomy | 3 For children | 1 Festival | 1 Literature | 3 Social events | 1 Educational events | 4 Cinema | 2 Celebrations | 4 Sport | 6 Fiestas | 2 Guided visits | 6 Others | 5 Conferences | 1 Meetings | 8 Exhibitions
Music
Free
04/06/2025 - 05/06/2025
19:30
The Escola de Altos Estudos Musicais will offer a series of concerts as part of the training programme for students of the Advanced Course in Orchestral Specialisation (CAEO). This initiative, part of the “A Escola na Cidade” cycle, will take place in the Auditorium of the USC...
12/06/2025
19:30 | Casa das Máquinas
Non-subscription concert at the Casa das Máquinas in the Galeras neighbourhood.
13/06/2025
20:00 | Iglesia y Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
Charity concert in support of the "Wawa Wasi" project, organized by the Parish of Santa María de Salomé.
19/06/2025
19:00 | Praza das Praterías
Banda Municipal de Música de Santiago de Compostela
Temporada 2024/25
“PASEOS”
Ciclo de verán
Director: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira
Free
21/06/2025
21:00 | Iglesia y Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
In keeping with the spirit of the European Music Day, which aims to offer free concerts open to the public, the Orfeón Terra a Nosa will perform the 18 motets by Marcial del Adalid. The concert will take place on June 21 at 9:00 p.m. in the Church of San Domingos de Bonaval.
03/07/2025
20:00 | Praza das Praterías
Municipal Music Band of Santiago de Compostela & Symphonic Band of the Ateneo Musical del Puerto de Valencia
Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’. Summer Cycle
Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira & Luis Serrano Alarcón
04/07/2025 - 06/07/2025
Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
The festival FOLK NA BEIRA DO SAR brings two days of culture and coexistence in the Camino de la Plata designed to enjoy music, gastronomy, art and literature. A full programme of activities that will culminate with a grand finale by Carlos Núñez.
06/07/2025
20:30 | Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Carlos Núñez will fill the Colexiata do Sar with magic in this traditional meeting with Santiago’s audience. A concert for locals and visitors alike, in the very heart of Galicia. To feel Santiago from within.
10/07/2025
20:00 | Praza das Praterías
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS) Summer Cycle
Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira Trumpets: Juan Lois Diéguez, Alberto Xesús Busto Castaño and Manuel Otero Payno
12/07/2025
21:00 | Espacio de Arte Campus Stellae
On Saturday, July 12, at 9:00 p.m., the Central Atrium of the Instituto Europeo Campus Stellae will host a concert by Classical Duet from Canada. The duo, formed by Ukrainian violinist Svitlana Remniakova and Venezuelan guitarist Renee Pérez, will perform a program featuring works by...
17/07/2025
20:00 | Praza das Praterías
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band XXI Galician Saxophone Meeting Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS) Summer Cycle
Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira
Saxophones: Alicia Fermoselle Martín and Diego Mateo Iriarte (Winners of the Ramón...
28/07/2025
13:00 | Plaza del Obradoiro
Concert held every year on the Day of Padrón de Santiago, as part of the Festivities of the Apostle 2025.
07/10/2025
20:00 | Hostal dos Reis Católicos
On Tuesday, 7 October 2025, at 8:00 pm, the Royal Chapel of the Parador will host a concert by the Cologne Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra.
17/10/2025
13:00 | Mercado de Abastos
2025/2026 Season ‘Listen, feel and enjoy!’ Autumn cycle Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira ‘80th anniversary of the Praza de Abastos’
29/10/2025
20:00
On Wednesday, October 29, at 8:00 p.m., in the Assembly Hall of San Agustín University Residence, a deeply moving and educational performance will take place, featuring Irina Gruia, violinist of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia and director of Asociación ConcertArt. Through...
14/12/2025
19:00 | Pazo de San Lorenzo
A unique experience by candlelight
19/12/2025
17:30 | Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
A choral charity concert in support of African projects developed by HARAMBEE NGO, aimed at funding school and vocational training scholarships in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Congo.
21/12/2025
18:00 | Convento e Iglesia de San Francisco
RESONET – Early Music, based in Santiago de Compostela, presents a Christmas concert featuring Renaissance and Baroque Christmas songs from Europe and the Americas, alongside traditional Galician carols, with arrangements and compositions by Nemesio Gª Carril and Father Manuel...
28/03/2026 - 05/04/2026
De Lugares e Órganos returns at Easter with the intention of continuing to discover and revisit the spaces of the city and its musical memory in a programme featuring the organs of Compostela.
29/03/2026
20:30 | Monasterio e Iglesia de San Paio de Antealtares
ELIOT X. DIOS & RAHEL BOELL – Melodías en busca de autor: relato, escoita, transformación
19/04/2026
18:00 | Convento e Iglesia de Santo Agostiño
Following their performance in Lugo, the USC Orchestra and Choir (OCUSC) will present their Spring Concert on Sunday, April 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Church of San Agostiño, as part of the Primavera Cultural program. Earlier, at 1:00 p.m., there...
03/05/2026
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Presentation concert of Pablo Sanmamed’s album A estrela mostrada.
Theatre
20/01/2026
12:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
On Tuesday, January 20, an Ensaio Aberto Fábrica Nº 6 immersive theatre open rehearsal will take place with Tyler McKechnie from Oístes Teatro and Gloria Rico from Teatro en Punto.
Gastronomy
Free
17/07/2025
19:00 | Mercado de Abastos
The City Council of Santiago, through the Municipal Unit for Migration Support, and the Employment Platform are launching the program “Compostela Convive”, an initiative aimed at promoting and encouraging coexistence and intercultural dialogue.
05/02/2026 - 01/03/2026
San Francisco Hotel Monumento ****
IX COCIDO DEL CONVENTO DAYS at San Francisco Hotel Monumento (Santiago de Compostela). From February 5 to March 1, Thursday to Sunday for lunch service, and on Carnival Tuesday.
For children
13/06/2025
17:30 | Parque de la Alameda
The central promenade of the Alameda will host the activities organized by the Departments of Sociocultural Centers and Youth to celebrate the International Day of the Right to Play.
In addition to traditional games, inflatables, and performing arts proposals, this year's program introduces...
28/02/2026
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Tarabelos
Festival
21/02/2026 - 22/02/2026
From February 21 to 22, Santiago celebrates the 189th anniversary of Rosalía de Castro’s birth and the 160th anniversary of the publication of Las literatas. Activities for all audiences, free entry until full capacity. Organized by the Language Area of the Deputación da...
Literature
03/10/2025 - 12/10/2025
Praza da Quintana
SELIC (Compostela Book Week) is a literary event that transforms Plaza de la Quintana into an open cultural space, with book presentations, readings, workshops and activities for all audiences.
Social events
05/06/2025 - 30/06/2025
Around two hundred commercial and hospitality establishments in the city join the Compostela Diversa initiative. Shops, bars, restaurants and accommodation celebrate diversity with aprons, posters, postcards, coasters, tablecloths and LGBTIQ+ banners.
05/06/2025 - 30/06/2025
In order to make the values of Compostela Diversa more visible, Turismo de Santiago is lighting/decorating prominent public spaces with a high number of visitors.
Free
04/06/2026 - 30/06/2026
ESTIMATED DATES, CALCULATED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION.
On the occasion of the celebration of International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day on 28 June, Compostela Diversa brings together a series of actions and activities to make Santiago a benchmark as a welcoming city, committed to global and...
Educational events
Free
19/05/2025 - 21/05/2025
18:30
Pint of Science is the world’s largest science communication festival, held in over 70 cities across Spain and 27 countries worldwide. This year marks its 10th edition, and on May 19, 20, and 21, 2025, Santiago will be one of the seven Galician host cities for this relaxed encounter...
Cinema
07/07/2025 - 11/07/2025
22:30 | Parque de la Alameda
An activity framed within the Participatory Budgeting process of the Youth Department. Throughout the week, five films from the 80s will be screened at the Alameda, chosen through an open vote on the Youth Department’s social media channels.
07/11/2025 - 23/11/2025
The 39th edition of Cineuropa returns to Santiago de Compostela to bring audiences a selection of recent, high-quality European films. This long-established film event offers a combination of premieres, retrospectives, and meetings with industry professionals, allowing exploration of the...
21/01/2026
18:30 | CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
As part of the exhibition Nicasso, the CGAC hosts the first of a series of commented film sessions dedicated to the work of Carlos Pazos. The programme includes Art¡ss!mo (2015), a collage film that examines the figure of the artist in the imagery of commercial cinema and its influence on...
27/01/2026
18:30 | CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
The second commented film session dedicated to the work of Carlos Pazos features screenings of Mnemocine. Película recortable (2006) and Yo inventé unos Llopis (2012). Through film collage, memory, music and popular culture become creative material in a personal and experimental...
Celebrations
28/03/2026 - 05/04/2026
Easter is also a good time to visit some of the small treasures hidden in the city, which during these dates are shown to the visitor taking on a special dimension and meaning; because Santiago is a place of reflection, passion, worship... but above all, a real jewel for lovers of sacred...
28/03/2026 - 05/04/2026
Festivity of Tourist Interest of Galicia
Holy Week in a spiritual, historic city, peace and much more
Sport
Free
24/05/2025
Plaza del Obradoiro
The ‘Circuíto 3x3’ event, organised by the Spanish and Galician Basketball Federations, will bring together 300 players from all over Galicia at the Obradoiro.
12/07/2025
22:00 | Plaza del Obradoiro
XI Edition of the ‘Carreras Saudables’ circuit composed of 5 races for all ages.
14/09/2025
11:00 | Parque de Eugenio Granell (O Paxonal)
XI Edition of the ‘Carreras Saudables’ circuit composed of 5 races for all ages.
11/10/2025
XI Edition of the ‘Carreras Saudables’ circuit composed of 5 races for all ages.
Fiestas
28/05/2025 - 01/06/2025
The 2025 Ascensión Festivities will fill Compostela with music, activities, and tradition during the last week of May. This celebration, one of the most beloved by the people of Santiago, returns with open-air concerts, children’s shows, traditional markets, fairground rides in the...
Free
07/06/2025
12:00 | 20. Iglesia de San Martín Pinario
A traditional festival where the San Martiño Pinario neighborhood travels back to 1975. A day full of celebration, with parades, vermouth hour, a tute card tournament, traditional games for children and adults, live music and lots of dancing.
25/06/2025 - 29/06/2025
Five days of music, dance, theatre, big-heads, reading, storytelling, science and much more in one of Santiago's most unique neighbourhoods.
18/07/2025 - 31/07/2025
The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of Spain, last for about a fortnight. This festival combines religious and official solemnity, tradition and entertainment, which turn the entire city into a large fiesta.
July 24th and...
Free
11/02/2026 - 18/02/2026
Entroido 2026, one of Santiago’s most popular annual celebrations, will take place from 11 to 18 February with a programme full of humour, music and tradition. As every year, the Meco will be the central figure of the festivities, presiding over the celebrations and setting the irreverent...
Free
27/02/2026 - 28/02/2026
Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Save the dates February 27 and 28 for the big Sar Entroido, full of music, color, and celebration in the neighborhood. On the 27th, performance by París de Noia, and on the 28th, parade of the Xenerais da Ulla. Don’t miss it!
Guided visits
07/06/2025
23:00 | Plaza de Platerías
Solidarity night walk of 3 km through the streets of the old city, a different guided route full of mystery. The proceeds will go to research into Dent's disease at the IDIS Nefrochus in Santiago de Compostela.
15/10/2025
19:00
During October, November, and December, the Itinerarios Patrimonio C return with the proposal titled “Servas de Deus, donas de si”, exploring Compostela’s enclosed convents. The guided tours, free and lasting 90 minutes, delve into the history of women who governed complex...
Others
15/05/2025 - 18/05/2025
International Museum Day will be celebrated on Sunday, 18 May, with special events in various cultural venues across the city.
09/06/2025 - 13/06/2025
Catedral
June 9 marks the celebration of International Archives Day, commemorating the establishment of the International Council on Archives in 1948. To honor this occasion, the Chapter of the S.A.M.I. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and its Archive-Library are organizing Open Days from June 9 to...
12/06/2025
18:00 | Casa do Cabido
As part of the exhibition ‘Tras a pegada das musas’, the artist Mareiras from Compostela will paint a live painting.
24/06/2025
18:00 | Casa do Cabido
As part of the exhibition ‘Tras a pegada das musas’, the artist Mareiras from Compostela will paint a live painting.
This action seeks to vindicate the role of women as creators, beyond the traditional muse or pupil.
Free
09/11/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This Sunday, 9 November, join us for the Open Day of the VI Fairway at the Cidade da Cultura de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela. Admission is free and the day features a trade-fair space with a wide range of exhibitors —destinations, hotels, travel agencies, service companies— and...
Free
12/12/2025 - 09/01/2026
18:00 | Pazo de San Lorenzo
The Infinite Garden is an installation made up of 20,000 LED roses that pays tribute to the guiding lights in our lives. It is a solidarity project created in collaboration with the Andrea Foundation, which supports families of children with serious and long-term illnesses. The installation is...
Conferences
13/06/2025
09:30 | Facultade de Xeografía e Historia
An open session for local residents focusing on initiatives that are currently underway — or that have already delivered positive results — in other cities across the country and that face similar challenges to those of Santiago de Compostela.
18/06/2025
19:30 | Iglesia y Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
A profesora de Historia da Arte, Marta Cendón ofrece esta conferencia con fins benéficos. Os fondos irán destinados a Cáritas Interparroquial.
25/06/2025
19:00 | Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
The Asociación de Municipios del Camino de Santiago (AMCS) will hold a public session on June 25 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 26 of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, where it will present the initial...
31/10/2025
20:00 | Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
The Cultural Association O Galo will hold a round table on Santa María de Sar on Friday, 31 October, at 8:00 p.m. in the cloister of the Church of Sar, with the participation of Goretti Sanmartín, Míriam Louzao, Daniel Lorenzo, Victoriano Nodar and Ramón Yzquierdo....
19/02/2026
19:30 | Libraría Couceiro
Musicologist and educator Xaime Estévez Vila presents the talk “Twenty-five Discographic Editions for Rosalía de Castro”, an overview of the monographic recordings dedicated to the most musically interpreted author in Galician literature. The session highlights...
Meetings
Free
29/11/2025
09:30 | Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
Legados. Spaces for the Care of Contemporary Creations is a project focused on the future of the legacies and archives of senior artists, as well as the economic and legal conditions that affect this sector. After a first phase held in Madrid, Barcelona and Málaga, the initiative...
Exhibitions
10/05/2025 - 24/08/2025
Museo do Pobo Galego
The 13th Ethnographic Photography Biennial by Members of the Museo do Pobo Galego, Entre Amigos, focuses this year mainly on the 2025 Letras Galegas celebrations, with several snapshots highlighting the intangible heritage of Galician music, featuring works by Denís...
12/05/2025 - 06/06/2025
Museo Diocesano e Igrexa de San Martiño Pinario
Exhibition carried out by the students of 3rd ESO of IES Cacheiras (Teo) about the gargoyles of Compostela.
06/06/2025 - 31/10/2025
Casa do Cabido
The exhibition "In the Footsteps of the Muses" invites visitors to take a visual journey through the works of visual artist Mareiras, which speak of eight women artists with powerful and singular creativity: Countess Oldini, Isabel Rawsthorne, Suzanne Valadon, Bella Chagall, Lidia...
01/07/2025 - 30/11/2025
Museo de las Peregrinaciones y de Santiago
Photographs by Manuel Valcárcel «Piro».
07/07/2025 - 30/08/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
In the context of Castelao Year 2025, the exhibition project Costumes and Colors of Galicia. National Identity in the Art of Castelao aims to showcase the rich and significant presence of traditional clothing in the pictorial and graphic work of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao.
08/07/2025 - 26/09/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Twenty-five years ago, an exceptional archaeological discovery took place in the city of Lugo. During the renovation of the Pazo de Montenegro to convert it into the headquarters of the Campus Vice-Rectorate, the remains of a well-preserved Roman domus were found, which contained a mithraeum...
21/07/2025 - 03/10/2025
The exhibition presents a representative selection of the work of José Ortiz (Santiago, 1955), a multidisciplinary artist whose career encompasses sculpture, ironwork, painting, design, and critical thought.
Free
17/09/2025 - 31/10/2025
Igrexa da Compañía (Universidade)
The artist Amabel Míguez de la Sierra presents the exhibition ‘Abuso’ at the University Church. On this occasion, the creator shows works on paper, mainly drawings, sometimes of large format, allowing her to combine a technique as basic as drawing with an original...
Annual
03/10/2024 - 19/12/2024
From October to December, Compostela Cultura programmes three free guided tours to delve into the urban landscape of Santiago, its history and that of the people who populated it. The walks will take place on Thursdays from 19.00 hours and will last approximately 90 minutes. The registration...
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